Mask "mwanyi ogada" · Nigeria, Igbo-Izzi · ID: 3037158
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Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, remains of polychrome paint, facial scarifications, three-parted coiffure, carved with inserted comb backside, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
used during the “okpegerede” masquerade.
Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 01.05.2003, Munich
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Chike, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 152, ill. 266